Meeker High School alumni Chad Dare, is the head coach of the D51 Phoenix Girls wrestling team from Central Grand Junction, is pictured with his 2024 Girls Division Colorado State Wrestling Championship runners-up. Dare was also named the Girls Division “Coach of the Year” and is pictured holding the award[Read More…]
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CHAMPIONSHIPS
Timber Weber and Orion Musser competed in the 2023 Colorado Elementary and Colorado Middle School State Wrestling Championships. Weber, who wrestles in Meeker for Athlos Life, placed fourth. Orion is little brother to Tanner Musser, the state Class 2A, 285 pound runner-up, and an eighth grader at Barone Middle School.[Read More…]
Cowboys take second in 2A as a team at state
MEEKER | Denver, Colorado. Ball Arena. The state wrestling tournament is one of the greatest spectacles in Colorado high school sports. As the ultimate culminating event, the success of the season depends entirely on the performance at state. This year 46 teams from 2A schools were represented, but in reality[Read More…]
Christian, LeBleu end season at state championships
Aydan Christian and Kasen LeBleu both qualified for the state championships held in Denver last week. Christian started out strong with a quality 4-1 win over his Cedaredge opponent. He wrestled smart and controlled the match, unfortunately he injured himself that night requiring stitches and was unable to continue in[Read More…]
CHAMP
MHS junior Judd Harvey (215) earned a second championship title at the 2023 State Wrestling Tournament at Ball Arena in Denver last weekend. Meeker’s wrestling team took second in 2A competition at the state level. | GAYLE ZIMMERMAN PHOTO More photos from the tournament at https://www.theheraldtimes.com/state-wrestling-2023-photos/sports/
STATE WRESTLING 2023 {PHOTOS}
Meeker ready to compete for state title as 10 qualifiers head to Denver
MEEKER | After a successful weekend of regional wrestling, the Cowboys will be sending 10 to the state tournament Feb. 16-18 at Ball Arena in Denver. Meeker finished the tournament in second place with six champions, a runner up, a third, and two fourth place finishes. Dillon Hobbs, Bow Muxlow[Read More…]
Panthers take four to state, seniors Varner and Mackay in top four
RANGELY | This year the Panthers took four wrestlers to the “big show”. Sophomore Kobey Chism at 132 pounds, senior Zane Varner (152), junior Kasen LeBleu (220), and senior Byron Mackay (HWT). Wrestling started on Thursday and each Panther wrestled one match. “Chism had a very tough first draw facing[Read More…]
Harvey first, Cowboy team second at championships
MEEKER | The Meeker Cowboys are the 2A runner-up team in the 2022 Colorado State Wrestling Championships. With only one Meeker wrestler left in the championship round, Judd Harvey needed a pin to seal the win that the whole team had worked hard for. The Cowboys were down 140-144 behind[Read More…]
Six Cowboys head to state tournament
Four wrestlers place in top six in their weight classes MEEKER | The 2021 State Wrestling Tournament had a whole different look and feel. Historically the event has taken place at the Pepsi Center, but this year it was in Pueblo, Colorado. For each weight class only eight boys were[Read More…]
UNDEFEATED …
The Meeker Cowboys continued a long tradition of producing state champions with senior Colby Clatterbaugh’s win at the state wrestling tournament last week. Clatterbaugh went undefeated all season and is the first Cowboy to do so since 2007. More on state results and lots of photos: https://www.theheraldtimes.com/six-cowboys-head-to-state-tournament/sports/
Meeker’s Shelton wins third straight state mat title; Meeker No. 2 in state
MEEKER I Anything can happen at a state tournament and a lot did during the 2015 Colorado State Wrestling Championships in the Pepsi Center last weekend in Denver. “You learn more from a loss, but you don’t want to get into a habit of losing.” ~Coach Bill Turner
